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He lives in nova scotia with his wife and daughter. William kowalski born 1970, american author of eddies bastard witold cezariusz kowalski born 1936, polish professor of geology wladek kowalski aka killer kowalski 19262008, polishcanadian. Kowalski lacks irving s comic timing and fanciful imagination, but he has a sharp eye for the details of family life in rural america and a good understanding of character. Eddies bastard 1999, somewhere south of here 2001, the adventures of flash jackson 2003, and the good neighbor 2004 were all published in. Eddies bastard somewhere south of here the adventures of flash jackson the good neighbor the hundred. Eddies bastard is filled with other examples of storieswithinastory. Daily record in his fourth novel, kowalski eddies bastard, 1999 offers a modern morality tale with a surprisingly. So, too, is the novel, eddie s bastard made from stories, beginning to end. William kowalski author william kowalski is the author of the international bestseller eddie s bastard, winner of south africa s amaboeke award, and, more recently, the hundred hearts, winner of the 2014 thomas h.
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